Wanted felon who crashed car on Marine Drive arrested

KEYPORT - A man wanted for multiple felony warrants who led police on a chase around West Bremerton early Thursday was captured in Keyport early Friday.

Bremerton Police Chief Steve Strachan said a tip came in that Dale Kewanye Day was at a home in the small community. Officers, with help from the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, converged on the house and found him inside “passed out,” possibly from exhaustion, drug use or both, he said.

Day had successfully eluded police for more than 24 hours after a Bremerton officer pulled him over for an equipment violation on Kitsap Way. Day reportedly fled from the incident and, despite an officer spinning out Day’s car with his cruiser, he got away and drove to the end of the peninsula on Marine Drive, Strachan said previously. Officers found the car they were chasing crashed in a hedge with a loaded gun inside.

Authorities believe that in the four hours they searched for him, he might have been hiding under a dock in the area.

Strachan said Day lost a tooth in the crash.

The 46-year-old has a criminal history that includes convictions for robbery, assault, drug possession and burglary. He had warrants for felony eluding and drug and probation violations, Strachan said. He was taken to the Kitsap County jail, where he’ll be held without bail.

“I am thankful for the help from the public and sheriff’s office, and glad he’s in custody,” said Strachan, adding that police will be checking with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with the U.S. attorney’s office in Seattle about the possibility of federal prosecution.